Fayette, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Fayette's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 56.9 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.3 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.4°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,445 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFayette
- Station IDUSC00012883
- Location33.71°N 87.82°W
- Elevation357 ft (109 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population4,080
On October 23, the normal high in Fayette is 74°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Fayette.
- Jan 55° 34°
- Feb 59° 37°
- Mar 68° 43°
- Apr 76° 50°
- May 83° 59°
- Jun 89° 67°
- Jul 92° 71°
- Aug 91° 69°
- Sep 87° 63°
- Oct 77° 51°
- Nov 65° 41°
- Dec 57° 37°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Fayette each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in April (5.81 in), the least in September (3.33 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 34°F | 44.5°F | 5.45 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 37°F | 48.3°F | 5.45 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 43°F | 55.5°F | 5.30 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 50°F | 62.9°F | 5.81 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 59°F | 70.8°F | 3.95 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 67°F | 78.0°F | 5.20 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 92°F | 71°F | 81.3°F | 4.88 | 10 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 69°F | 80.0°F | 4.01 | 9 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 63°F | 74.9°F | 3.33 | 6 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 51°F | 63.9°F | 3.49 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 41°F | 53.0°F | 4.28 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 37°F | 46.8°F | 5.73 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 52°F | 63.3°F | 56.88 | 107 | 72 | 69 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 1°C | 6.9°C | 138 mm |
| February | 15°C | 3°C | 9.1°C | 138 mm |
| March | 20°C | 6°C | 13.1°C | 135 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 148 mm |
| May | 28°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 100 mm |
| June | 32°C | 19°C | 25.6°C | 132 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 124 mm |
| August | 33°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 102 mm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.8°C | 85 mm |
| October | 25°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 89 mm |
| November | 18°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 109 mm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.2°C | 146 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00012883; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Fayette?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00012883.
When is the last frost in Fayette?
In Fayette, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 20 in half of years and after April 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 27 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 201 year in 10 after April 9; 9 in 10 after February 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 27; 9 in 10 before November 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 234 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 262 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 5 in half of springs and before November 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fayette in zone 8a in ZIP code 35555, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Fayette's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (16 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Alabama · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00012883; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Fayette?
In a normal year in Fayette, 72 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 69 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 107 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 72a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 69a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 107a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 110°F, on July 29, 1930; the lowest is −5°F, on January 30, 1966.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2003, with 77.69 in; the snowiest season is 1939–40, with 14.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00012883; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00012883. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Fayette?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Fayette, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.6 |
| February | 67% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 80% | 6.1 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 81% | 5.0 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 77% | 3.0 |
| December | 68% | 2.3 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Fayette need?
A normal year in Fayette brings 2,639 heating degree days, 51% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,061 cooling degree days, 2.3 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,555 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 637 | 2 |
| February | 472 | 3 |
| March | 314 | 20 |
| April | 130 | 67 |
| May | 22 | 203 |
| June | 1 | 392 |
| July | 0 | 504 |
| August | 0 | 467 |
| September | 6 | 303 |
| October | 120 | 86 |
| November | 370 | 11 |
| December | 568 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,639 | 2,061 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00012883. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Fayette's climate compare?
Fayette is warmer than 38 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.3°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Fayette is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Fayette share this climate record?
3 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Berry, AL1,182 people · 12 mi E
- Kennedy, AL425 people · 13 mi SW
- Belk, AL187 people · 8 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Fayette's climate
What is the coldest month in Fayette?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Fayette?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.3 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Fayette?
April, with 5.81 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.33 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Fayette in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Fayette in zone 8a in ZIP code 35555, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Fayette's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Fayette?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 20; in one year in ten it comes after April 9. Waiting until April 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Winfield, AL14 miles from this station, 60.9°F a year
- Vernon, AL18 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Hamilton, AL29 miles from this station, 60.7°F a year
- Jasper, AL32 miles from this station, 61.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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